Archive for May, 2009

Prop 8 Protest, a seen at Hollywood and Highland in Los Angeles | Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist LAist, too, had a whirlwind of a week regarding the upholding of Prop 8, prompting various protests and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to call the state “fundamentally …

Here’s what we’ve learned this weekend whilst you’ve been glued to the box: Douglas Bader is to get a blue plaque. Quite right too. A Croydon chappie has built the world’s biggest lego Star Wars model. Police have found loadsa drugs in Wembley. A teenage …

Image by Che-burashka …or Liverpool Street, or the British Library for that matter, you may soon find a bunch of cocker-nee wannabees mounting something approximate to an olde time singalong: from mid-June, 30 pianos will be placed in public sites around the capital, in order …

We all know how busy Heathrow is – congested skies, 2 clogged runways, full capacity, yada yada. So when we turn up with our luggage at T5, we know we won’t collapse in shock if there’s a delay due to any of these things, or …

Images clockwise from top left: Air ambulance, Stave Hill, Tango in Spitalfields, Bike ghost sign Populist brings you a bite sized round up of the best of Londonist this week. Catch up on the coolest, quirkiest, most recommended and talked about stories and find out …

110. A River of Secrets As we partake in the daily hustle and bustle of London life, little do we realise that the wonders of nature never cease. As smog chokes the sky and the concrete jungle leers down at us, half a world away …

A series celebrating the talent of our friends over in the Londonist Flickrpool who make our site look so great with their fabulous photographs. Here, they introduce themselves and share their favourite London shots. I do things very slowly. It took me a full two …

If our alternative London workouts got you thinking there might be a better way to work up a sweat than slogging it out at the local gym then get your action pants on ready for next Saturday’s Discover Sport Open Day at Westway Sports Centre. …

Drag Me To Hell / Lions Gate Films Our weekly round of cinema reviews. Sam Raimi takes a leave of absence from Spidey and goes back to his horror roots in Drag Me To Hell. Alison Lohman plays sweet loans officer Christine, pushed by her …

Members of both CAMRA and Slow Food came together a few nights ago for a tour of East London’s newest brewery, Brodie’s Beers. The Brewery was set up a year ago round the back of the William the Forth pub on Leyton High street and …